Wilbur Virgil "Bill" Hubbard (February 5, 1907 – January 2, 1986) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and golf coach.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 5, 1907 San Jose, California, U.S. |
| Died | January 2, 1986 (aged 78) Placerville, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1925–1928 | San Jose State |
| Basketball | |
| 1925–1929 | San Jose State |
| Position(s) | Quarterback (football), guard (basketball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1947–1949 | San Jose State |
| Basketball | |
| 1935–1940 | San Jose State |
| 1944–1945 | San Jose State |
| Baseball | |
| 1933–1934 | San Jose State |
| Golf | |
| 1948 | San Jose State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1950–1960 | San Jose State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 36–11–1 (football) 65–57 (basketball) 18–12–1 (baseball) |
| Bowls | 2–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 3 CCAA (1946, 1948–1949) Golf 1 NCAA (1948) | |
Playing career
editSan Jose State
editHubbard was an outstanding athlete at San Jose State University. He lettered four times as a quarterback in football and four times as a guard on the school's basketball team.
Stanford
editHubbard transferred to Stanford University in 1930 with the hopes of playing on the school's football team, but he was ruled ineligible due to playing for four years at San Jose State.[1]
Coaching career
editHubbard returned to San Jose State to coach a number of sports, including being the head football (1947–1949),[2] basketball (1935–1940, 1944–1945),[3] and baseball coach.[citation needed]
Perhaps his most notable achievement was leading the San Jose State men's golf team to a national championship in 1948.[4]
Death
editHubbard suffered a stroke on December 24, 1985, at his home in Shingle Springs, California. He died on January 2, 1986, at a hospital in Placerville, California.[5]
Head coaching record
editFootball
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose State Spartans (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1946–1947) | |||||||||
| 1946 | San Jose State | 9–1–1 | 4–0 | 1st | W Raisin | ||||
| 1947 | San Jose State | 9–3 | 3–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1948 | San Jose State | 9–3 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1949 | San Jose State | 9–4 | 4–0 | 1st | W Raisin | ||||
| San Jose State: | 36–11–1 | 16–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 36–11–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ Kullmann, Leonard (February 14, 1930). "Wilbur Hubbard, Versatile All-Around Athlete From San Jose, Is Ineligible". Stanford Daily. Stanford University. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ "The Rattle of Theta Chi". Theta Chi Fraternity. 1948. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
- ^ "Wilbur Hubbard". Sports-Reference College Basketball. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ "Men's Golf". NCAA. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ "Ex-SJS coach Hubbard Dies". Times Tribune. Palo Alto, California. January 4, 1986. p. F4. Retrieved August 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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